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Euphoria14 on 09 April 2010
RageBot said:
bugrimmar said:
to all those hating on square for backing the 360:

what do you want them to do, say no to money?



MS: ey square, you want a few million dollars to make a game (timed) exclusive for us?
Square: hm, but the 360 doesn't sell the types of games we make...

Square thinks for a minute.... : sales = money.. so we want sales.. but if they want to pay us for the money we would make anyway for sales....

Square: how much money is that again exactly?


think about it. sure they want to sell their game. but they only want to sell it to make money. if someone were to pay them the money they were going to make anyway from sales, why not? it's a hell of a lot better too coz the money is going to be there before development, so essentially square has nothing to lose.

Exactly, VP is way to niche to be on a single platform, maybe even to niche to be multiplat, without the kind of financial backing that MS gives them.

So, I much prefer that the 360 will have a timed exclusive for a game i'd like to play in the future, rather than the game not existing at all.

It is very niche in the US. The game sells well in Japan, where the 360 is very niche.

If this ends up being multiplat and having a dual launch I would say it is a very good move on Tri-Aces part, a damn good move, but if they go timed exclusive for something like VP and give it 6months to a year on only the 360 you run the big risk of killing this franchise. I'm not kidding.

Tales of Vesperia was destined to sell big even with a late arrival due to tons of added extras and also the fact that Tales is pretty damn big in Japan. VP doesn't have that same luxury.



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Mirson on 09 April 2010

FFVII Remake



RageBot on 09 April 2010

And anyway - If the game is great - it's great for me!
If the game fails - it's great for me! Since i'm a PS3 fanboy and (unless Versus remains exclusive, and actually is an amazing game) i'd like Square to fail as a company.



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JaggedSac on 09 April 2010

Are the meltdowns really necessary over this?



Wagram on 09 April 2010

Yes they are. A good company is going to hell because of some bullshit greedyness.



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Chris Hu on 09 April 2010
RageBot said:
And anyway - If the game is great - it's great for me!
If the game fails - it's great for me! Since i'm a PS3 fanboy and (unless Versus remains exclusive, and actually is an amazing game) i'd like Square to fail as a company.

As long as they have DQ and FF this will never happen.



darthdevidem01 on 09 April 2010

@Jagged Sac

Its more of a worry for Square-Enix & Tri-Ace than meltdowns

They both deserve big success...and in a way they are already putting obstacles in their way.



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Ping_ii on 09 April 2010

Actually I would rather see them go down then watch them realize WTF have they been doing all this time....



themanwithnoname on 09 April 2010

I'm pretty sure that an estimation of PS3 sales would work its way into payment for a timed exclusive anyway. Oh, and why are people with both consoles complaining about this?



themanwithnoname's law: As an America's sales or NPD thread grows longer, the probabilty of the comment "America = World" [sarcasticly] being made approaches 1.

darthdevidem01 on 09 April 2010
Ping_ii said:
Actually I would rather see them go down then watch them realize WTF have they been doing all this time....

But this would be like what the 3rd time (SO4, The Last Remnant before)



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